Little Women / Louisa M. Alcott

Name/Title

Little Women / Louisa M. Alcott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.29

Description

Bound for Beauty #4 341 p. No advertisements Part First only: copyright 1868, 1869 printing. The first printing was 1868, it was published with no mention of a second part, which was printed in April 1869. Printed after the last page of text: "End of Part First. Part Second, completing Little Women is published in a volume to match this." Without Part One on the spine.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

March family, Fiction, 1860s

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Louisa May Alcott

Illustrator

Louisa May Alcott

Publisher

Roberts Brothers

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1869

Printer

Stereotyped by Innes & Regan, 55 Water Street, Presswork by John Wilson and Son)

Place Printed

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1869

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in a green cloth binding with gilt titles to cover and spine enclosed within a decorated oval. This is a uniform binding published by Roberts. Illustrated by May Alcott with a frontis plate and three additional plates. Brown stone endpapers.

Notes

Previous owner's name is faintly written on front endpaper.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Wilson & Son

Notes

printer.

Person or Organization

Innes & Regan

Notes

stereotyper.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection